Clothes-drier



P. D. RIORDAN.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l3. I920. 1,369,267, 1 Patented Feb. 22, 1921.-

'panying drawings.

PATENT OFFICE.

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CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb. 22, 11921.

Application flled'August 13, 1920. Serial No. 403,427.

To all to ham it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK D. RIORDAN, a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at No. 131 East 86th street, in the borough of Manhattan, in the county, city, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following is a. specification, reference being had to accom- This invention relates articularly to improvements in clothes-dr1ers adapted to be hingedly mounted on a door, window-frame, or other fixed support, in a kitchen or other room of a building; and anobject of the invention is to provide a clothes-drier of the kind just referred to which will be very simple in construction, unusually cheap in manufacture, easily erected'and operated, light, eflicient and convenient, and whose capacity will be sufiicient to accommodate a comparatively large number of articles; another objectthe object that has prompted the'inventionis to provide a kitchen clothes-drier that will allow the free passage of workers through doors on either side of the drier, as well as under and around it even while it is in use, a clothes-drier that will be entirely out of peoples way when it is not in use.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the rinciple of this invention and the best m: e now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a plan of the clothes-drier horizontally mounted on a window-frame; Fig. 2 is a side view of the clothes-drier, the dotted lines showing it in a partially raised position freighted and out of the way of passers-by; Fig. 3 is a. view of a part of the clothes-drier showing how it is pivotally and hingedly mounted on a fixed support; Fig. 4 shows the clothesdrier in actual use, mounted in a kitchen between the two doors 24, 25, leading respectively tothe exterior and interior of the apartment.

Figs. 5 and 6 represent a modification of my preferred method of mounting the drier 4 on a support the numerals 26 and 27 respectively indicating an interlocking eyebolt and screw-eye m substitution for the hin cs 14.

to the direction'of the line-holes, 6, 6, both sides being pivotally and adjustably connected together through the holes 4 and 5 by the eye-bolt 7' and the nut 8 reinforced by the washers 9 and'lO at thetop and bottom of the mounting. The other ends of the sides 2 and 3 are angularly, pivotally and adjustably mounted through the holes 11 and 12 at the base of the frame, to the wings 13, 13 of the hinges 14, 14 by means of the bolts 15 and nuts 15' and washers 15". The staple 16 is driven into the top of the window-frame 17, another staple 18 is driven into the side of the window-frame; a pulleyline 20 is fastened to the eye of the eye-bolt 7 and passed through the staples 16 18; the apex of the drier A is raised, the pulley-line 20 is knotted to the staple,18 and the free wings 19, 19 of thehinges 14, 14 are firmly screwed to the supporting window-frame 17the ivotal action of the sides 2 and 3 around t e eyc bolt 7 and around the bolts 15 15 providing pivotal adjustability of the frame 1 and exact fitting of the hinges 14 14 to different sizes of doors, windowframes, or other supports, without danger of rupturing the wooden sides 2 3, or any of the fastenings of the hinges 14 14. The

clothes-line 21 is threaded through the lineholes 6 6, in the sides 2 3 and fastened thereto at its ends 6' 6. The drier A. being .now mounted for use is fastened in the clothes-receiving or horizontal position and freighted. The clothes may 'be left to dry in this position but, preferably, the drier It is respectfully'understoo'd that screw eyes, eye-bolts, or other pivotal connections, may be substituted for the hinges in the construction of this drier, that the drier is,

adaptable to outdoor as well as indoor use, and may be made of any desirable size or materials.

Having fully described the construction and gpera'tion of my invention I claim:

1. clothes-drier of the character (10- scribed com-prisin a frame having only two sides, two ends which are pivotally connected to form the apex and sides of a triangle, the other side of the triangle being formed by the support on which the other two ends of the sides are mounted, the mounting comprising hinges pivotally connected to the said sides and fastened to said supports; aline threaded through holes in the sides of the frame and fastened thereto,

a line fastened to the pivotally connected 'end of the frame for raising and lowering the drler and means for retaining it in de-' sirable positions.

2. A clothes-drier of the character described comprising a line-bearing frame having two sides, twoends of which are adj ustably connected to form the apex and sides of a triangle, the other two ends of-the sides being adjustably mounted on bearings, said line-bearing frame being rotatable and adjustable on supports to which said bearings are fastened, and means for retaining said frame in a desirable osition.

In testimony whereof ATRICK D. RIoR- DAN has signed his name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of August, .1920.

. PATRICK D. RIORDAN.

Witnesses:

WM. P. OBRIEN, MARY A. LENIHAN. 

